New Therapies Aim to Lessen Side Effects in Children
June 4, 2019
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="26978" img_size="full" alignment="center"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]Ask any parent about their child fighting cancer, and words like “nightmare” and “helpless” will almost certainly be part of the conversation. Within pediatric cancer medicine, the entire field faces the brutal reality that chemotherapy, surgery, and most other cancer treatments...
How Art Helped a Family Cope with Childhood Leukemia: Amaey Shah’s Story
February 25, 2019
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_single_image image="25083" img_size="full" css=""][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_column_text css=""]In 2005, Purvi Shah’s son, Amaey, was diagnosed with leukemia at just three years old. From that point on, life was no longer as Purvi and her family knew it. During the first year of treatment, Amaey was in...
Pediatric Cancer Drug Has 93% Effectiveness
September 5, 2018
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="48252" img_size="full" alignment="center"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]A new cancer drug, larotrectinib, has in a very early clinical trial been shown to have a 93% (14/15) effectiveness rate for pediatric cancers; that is to say, for not just one cancer, but many. Hailed by the U.S. Food and Drug...
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
September 1, 2018
Every day in the United States, an average of 42 families are hit with the tragic news that their child has cancer. Childhood cancer is still the leading cause of death in children under 15 years old. This is, despite the 30% increase, from 50%...
7 Facts You Need to Know About Childhood Cancers
August 31, 2017
September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. As childhood cancer rates have been rising slightly for the past few decades and continue to affect the lives of children and their families worldwide, it’s important to understand it....